How do I use ESET Remote Administrator 5.x to upgrade my client workstation(s) to ESET endpoint products?

Issue

A new version has been released

Version 6 of ESET Remote Administrator (ERA) and ESET business products were released in North America December 11th, 2014, and globally February 25th, 2015. This article applies to version 5.x and earlier ESET business products. For information about what's new in the latest version and how to upgrade, see the following article:

Before upgrading

ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition 4.2 and later: In most cases, when you install version 5.x ESET endpoint products over your current solution your settings / configurations will automatically carry over to the new installation.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition 4.0.x and earlier: You will need to export an .xml configuration to use as reference when configuring your newly installed endpoint products (settings do not carry over automatically).